Double-scale diffusive wave model dedicated to spatial river observation and associated covariance kernel for variational data assimilation

<p>The spatial altimetry provides an important amount of water surface height data from multi-missions satellites (especially Jason-3, Sentinel-3A/B and the forthcoming NASA-CNES SWOT mission). To exploit at best the potential of spatial altimetry, the present study proposes on the derivation of a model adapted to spatial observations scale; a diffusive-wave type model but adapted to a double scale [1].</p><p>Moreover, Green-like kernel can be employed to derived covariance operators, therefore they may provide an approximation of the covariance kernel of the background error in Variational Data Assimilation processes. Following the derivation of the aforementioned original flow model, we present the derivation of a Green kernel which provides an approximation of the covariance kernel of the background error for the bathymetry (i.e. the control variable) [2].</p><p>This approximation of the covariance kernel is used to infer the bathymetry in the classical Saint-Venant’s (Shallow-Water) equations with better accuracy and faster convergence than if not introducing an adequate covariance operator [3].</p><p>Moreover, this Green kernel helps to analyze the sensitivity of the double-scale diffusive waves (or even the Saint-Venant’s equations) with respect to the bathymetry.</p><p>Numerical results are analyzed on real like datasets (derived from measurements of the Rio Negro, Amazonia basin).</p><p>The double-scale diffusive wave provide more accurate results than the classical version. Next, in terms of inversions, the derived physically-based covariance operators enable to improve the inferences, compared to the usual exponential one.</p><p>[1] T. Malou, J. Monnier "Double-scale diffusive wave equations dedicated to spatial river observations". In prep.</p><p>[2] T. Malou, J. Monnier "Physically-based covariance kernel for variational data assimilation in spatial hydrology". In prep.</p><p>[3] K. Larnier, J. Monnier, P.-A. Garambois, J. Verley. "River discharge and bathymetry estimations from SWOT altimetry measurements". Inv. Pb. Sc. Eng (2020).</p>

Augmented Tikhonov Regularization Method for Dynamic Load Identification

We introduce the augmented Tikhonov regularization method motivated by Bayesian principle to improve the load identification accuracy in seriously ill-posed problems. Firstly, the Green kernel function of a structural dynamic response is established; then, the unknown external loads are identified. In order to reduce the identification error, the augmented Tikhonov regularization method is combined with the Green kernel function. It should be also noted that we propose a novel algorithm to determine the initial values of the regularization parameters. The initial value is selected by finding a local minimum value of the slope of the residual norm. To verify the effectiveness and the accuracy of the proposed method, three experiments are performed, and then the proposed algorithm is used to reproduce the experimental results numerically. Numerical comparisons with the standard Tikhonov regularization method show the advantages of the proposed method. Furthermore, the presented results show clear advantages when dealing with ill-posedness of the problem.

Dynamic Force Identification Problem Based on a Novel Improved Tikhonov Regularization Method

The main purpose of this paper is to identify the dynamic forces between the conical pick and the coal-seam. According to the theory of time domain method, the dynamic force identification problem of the system is established. The direct problem is described by Green kernel function method. The dynamic force is expressed by a series of functions superposed by impulses, and the dynamic response of the structure is expressed as a convolution integral form between the input dynamic force and the response of Green kernel function. Because of the ill-conditioned characteristics of the structure matrix and the influence of measurement noise in the process of dynamic force identification, it is difficult to deal with this problem by the usual numerical method. In present content, a novel improved Tikhonov regularization method is proposed to solve ill-posed problems. An engineering example shows that the proposed method is effective and can obtain stable approximate solutions to meet the engineering requirements.

Inverting weak random operators

We analyze two weak random operators, initially motivated from processes in random environment. At first glance, these operators are ill-defined, but using bilinear forms, one can deal with them in a rigorous way. This point of view can be found, for instance, in [A. V. Skorohod, Random Linear Operators, Math. Appl. (Sov. Ser.), D. Reidel Publishing, Dordrecht, 1984], and it remarkably helps to carry out specific calculations. In this paper, we find explicitly the inverse of such weak operators by providing the closed forms of the so-called Green kernel. We show how this approach helps to analyze the spectra of the operators. In addition, we provide the existence of strong operators associated to our bilinear forms. Important tools that we use are the Sturm–Liouville theory and the stochastic calculus.

Green kernel for a random Schrödinger operator

We find explicitly the Green kernel of a random Schrödinger operator with Brownian white noise. To do this, we first handle the random operator by defining it weakly using the inner product of a Hilbert space. Then, using classic Sturm–Liouville theory, we can build the Green kernel with linearly independent solutions of a homogeneous problem. As a corollary, we have that the random operator has a discrete spectra.